BUILDING BLOCKS: Amazon’s Beloit fulfillment center

August 19, 2020 1:42 pm Leave a comment

The center will be used by the e-commerce giant for packing and shipping large items such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, bicycles and household goods.

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Wilderness Resort theater, Local 139 protests rank as most-read stories

December 24, 2019 9:23 am Leave a comment

A “fat cat” inflatable figure stands at a work site in West Allis in March 2018. Local 139 of the International Union Operating Engineers has been using this figure and similar ones this past year to protest the equipment rental company Sunbelt Rentals’ refusal to negotiate with workers who wanted to unionize.

In a whirlwind year of notable events, it can be difficult to remember what made headlines 12 days ago, let alone 12 months ago.

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Amazon plans Beloit warehouse, earth work to begin next week

October 9, 2019 3:21 pm Leave a comment

The online retailer Amazon could begin moving dirt for a new 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Beloit next week after city officials recently advanced plans for the project.

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Amazon’s Sussex plans likely up for vote in August

July 30, 2019 3:20 pm Leave a comment

Officials in the village of Sussex are planning to weigh in soon on the online retailer Amazon's plans to expand a local distribution center.

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Worker who died on Amazon construction site identified

July 11, 2019 2:44 pm Leave a comment

Oak Creek police and ambulance personnel sit outside the Amazon construction project on Wednesday where a worker fell 30 to 40 feet to his death. (Staff photo by Joe Yovino)

The Oak Creek Police Department has identified the worker who died at an Amazon construction site.

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Worker dies on Amazon construction site in Oak Creek

July 10, 2019 1:26 pm Leave a comment

A worker died Wednesday after falling from the upper level of an Amazon distribution warehouse under construction in Oak Creek.

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Amazon to receive $7.5M from state for new warehouse

March 25, 2019 3:07 pm Leave a comment

Crews continue work on the Amazon warehouse east of Interstate 94 in Oak Creek recently. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. announced on Monday that it had awarded the online retail giant up to $7.5 million worth of tax incentives for its 640,000-square-foot warehouse. (Photo by Joe Yovino)

Amazon stands to receive as much as $7.5 million from the state in return for building a massive warehouse in Milwaukee County.

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Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs

February 14, 2019 2:25 pm 1 Comment

Amazon abruptly abandoned plans on Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York, a project that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to the nearly $3 billion in tax breaks promised to what is already one of the world's richest, most powerful companies.

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Amazon planning four-story warehouse in Oak Creek (UPDATE)

November 20, 2018 10:50 pm Leave a comment

Dock clerk Charles Salvi labels boxes as they arrive at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Phoenix. The economy grew at a moderate pace last summer, reflecting stronger spending by businesses to replenish stockpiles. More recent barometers suggest the economy is gaining momentum in the final months of the year. (AP photo by Ross D. Franklin)

Online retailer Amazon is planning to build a four-story warehouse near Interstate 94 in Oak Creek, a project that has been under development for months using the code name “Project Arrow.”

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